Posted on 08/12/2021 1:12:04 PM PDT by Rebelbase
Mr. Khalilzad is hoping to convince Taliban leaders that the embassy must remain open, and secure, if the group hopes to receive American financial aid and other assistance as part of a future Afghan government. The Taliban leadership has said it wants to be seen as a legitimate steward of the country, and is seeking relations with other global powers, including Russia and China, in part to receive economic support.
Two officials confirmed Mr. Khalilzad’s efforts, which have not been previously reported, on condition of anonymity to discuss the delicate negotiations. The State Department’s spokesman, Ned Price, declined to comment on Wednesday, but said funding would be conditioned on whether future Afghan governments would “have any semblance of durability.”
“Legitimacy bestows, and essentially is the ticket, to the levels of international assistance, humanitarian assistance for the Afghan people,” Mr. Price said.
In other posts around the world, U.S. diplomats said they were closely watching the perilous situation in Kabul to see how the State Department will balance its longstanding commitment to stabilizing Afghanistan against protecting the Americans who remain there as military forces withdraw.
Mr. Neumann described a push-and-pull strain between the Pentagon and the State Department in similar situations, given the military’s responsibility for carrying out evacuations and diplomats’ duty to maintain American assistance and influence even in danger zones.
“If the military goes too early, it may be unnecessary, and it may cost you a lot politically,” Mr. Neumann said. “If the diplomats wait too late, it looks like Saigon off the roof or the departure from Mogadishu after everything was already lost, and it puts the military people at risk. So there’s no guaranteed right side.”
Another senior U.S. official expressed alarm this week at the fall of the provincial capitals across Afghanistan, and said that if other cities follow, particularly Mazar-i-Sharif, the only major northern city still under government control, the situation could disintegrate quickly. But Pentagon officials also noted that Afghan commandos are fighting hard in Lashkar Gah and Kandahar and have so far held off Taliban advances there.
“American negotiators are trying to extract assurances from the Taliban that they will not attack the U.S. Embassy in Kabul if the extremist group overruns the capital in a direct challenge to the country’s government,” the New York Times reports."
Groveling before infidels and tyrants...what a show of strength!
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Makes me want to puke.
Sloe Xio is 5hitting on the grave of every fallen warrior from the past two decades.
How about some fuel/air bombs
I think they would understand that.
this wouldn’t be happening if we had gone with my emBASEeee policy... from my home page
I have been advocating for several years a policy I call ‘embaseees’. Embassy + AirBase —> EmBASEeees. We go into a terrorist country, clear out their taliban equivalent, then withdraw to very large Embassies, perhaps 3 of them. Have them big enough to encompass a military airbase where we can use it for decades on end to conduct anti-terrorism operations. As long as the ‘host’ country aint killing Americans then we let them have self-sovereignty. Kind of like how we operated in the Phillipines for decades. We could even have an intermediate zone that we patrol but it would be autonomous. Let them have their taste of freedom. A referendum every 10 years to see how large the boundaries of the intermediate autonomous zone should be.
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Oh brother...
bet they fight harder to protect that embassy than they did a federal court in Oregon.
Boy I hope we offered sugar on top along with that pretty please.
Another Biden strike out the king of doing so.
The US State Department is comprised of folks who do that all over the world and have been for decades.
The employees of the State Dept, on the whole, hate the United States. But one thing they do love is the ability to work for the State Dept, collect those checks and, basically, live for free all over the world. Why do they like socialism? Because when they live in a socialist country or in Europe where it’s extremely expensive, all of their bills are taken care of by the US taxpayer. If something happens to them, they’ll go to the best hospital in the city or country. Regardless of their place in the State Dept hierarchy, they more or less live the lives of the elite in those countries.
Just tell the Taliban that the US will take the video off you tube. The MSM will tremble in agreement no matter what happens to the Embassy.
Wadya bet this is more embarrassing and more disorganized than the evacuation of Saigon in 1975? Not that I want this to happen, but it sure seems like Biden does.
Beg - Back - Better
Come Mr. Taliban, tally me bananas!
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